Wild Strawberry - fragaria vesca Hello my witchy friends! I've got a new sketchy herb and magic rock here for y'all, inspired by last night's strawberry moon - STRAWBERRY QUARTZ AND STRAWBERRY! Strawberry quartz is a new stone to me, one I just started working with when I began to research crystals that could be … Continue reading Green Witchcraft: Strawberry Quartz and Strawberry (fruit)!
This sketchy herb and magic rock were inspired by the fiction podcast Welcome to Nightvale, but they both have real practical uses for modern witches. In the latest episode of the podcast, Episode 79 - A Episode About You, I described a ritual you can perform during the Night Blooming Cereus's 24-hour blooming period with … Continue reading Sketchy Herbs & Magic Rocks: Night Blooming Cereus & Bloodstone
In my most recent podcast episode Episode 76 – Skip to My LUGH!, I shared a sketchy herb (magical plant) and magic rock (crystal) perfect for the sunny season of abundance that follows Lughnasadh on August 1st - mulbery and honey calcite. Both of these magical allies attract abundance to you, but they also help you … Continue reading Sketchy Herbs & Magic Rocks: Mulberry & Honey Calcite
get the 2020 beltane box! I am absolutely thrilled to be collaborating again with one of my favourite witchy companies - Green Moon Apothecary - on another sabbat box! This time we're celebrating Beltane, a spring time festival full of fire, sensuality, and mysterious faerie magic. This box includes magical tools explored in Green Witchcraft … Continue reading Green Moon + Fat Feminist Witch Beltane Box!
Hello witches! After a couple of weeks without internet while I moved into a new apartment, I am happy to be back to share some witchery - even if today's topic is a little bittersweet. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-zZzkMnPhF Easter weekend - as well as Ostara in March - has me thinking about my little bunny friend Jimmy … Continue reading (even more) Rabbit Magic! 🐰
🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮/5! The life and work of the legendary “Pope of Voodoo,” Marie Laveau—a free woman of color who practically ruled New Orleans in the mid-1800s Marie Laveau may be the most influential American practitioner of the magical arts; certainly, she is among the most famous. She is the subject of songs, films, and legends and … Continue reading Book review of Shadows: The Magic of Marie Laveau by Denise Alvarado
The Cimaruta (Chee-mah-roo-tah) is an Italian folk charm that’s usually worn as jewellery or hung in the home to offer protection against the Evil Eye. Usually made of silver, the charm is shaped like a living sprig of rue with magickal and protective symbols sprouting from the ends. Over time and, through the Christianization of … Continue reading Green Witchcraft Preview: Cimaruta Charm Bag
👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️/5! The Herbcrafter’s Tarot celebrates the handicrafts, tools, and time-honored folk skills related to herbs, trees, flowers and other plants that share their gifts with us. This deck and book set explores the relationship between herbs and how people use them for medicine, creativity, ritual, and spiritual guidance. It also considers herbs as archetypes and … Continue reading It’s in the Cards: The Herbcrafter’s Tarot Deck Review
THAT'S RIGHT IT'S SKETCHY HERB AND MAGIC ROCK TIME, WITCHES. It's been far too long! Tonight I've got a sketchy herb (spice, actually) and magic rock perfect for working with tonight's full moon in chill af Taurus and the general vibe of the season - snow quartz and nutmeg. My own lil' heart-shaped piece of … Continue reading Sketchy Herbs & Magic Rocks: Snow Quartz + Nutmeg
Thanks to everyone who watched and participated in today's episode of Seeker's Corner celebrating the Summer Solstice! Today we talked solar energy and magic and ways to honour and celebrate the sun as well as pagan handfasting! I also got a chance to show off the Litha Box from Green Moon Apothecary which includes magical … Continue reading #SeekersCorner Wrap Up – Sunshine of Your Love
@stephaniechinart Thanks to everyone who watched and participated in today's episode of Seeker's Corner! We talked so much longer than I planned, and I'm so glad you all liked the topic I chose! In case you missed it, this week we talked about BODY MAGIC! We touched on things like Reiki and energy healing, yoga, … Continue reading #SeekersCorner Wrap Up – May 3rd, 2019
Thank you so much to everyone who tuned in to Seeker's Corner LIVE for our discussion about moon magic, and everyone who's watched the replay! The next episode is coming up this week - Friday May 3rd, at 12 pm EST - and in this episode I'm answering your questions about different ways to do … Continue reading Seeker’s Corner – Submit Questions
I recently had the extreme pleasure of being a guest on The Cannabis Act Podcast, which broadcasts out of an actual studio here in Windsor. Jon and Nic were so great and so much fun to chat with! We talked cannabis, podcasting, and making a go at creative self-employment in this dumpster fire of an … Continue reading Check me out on The Cannabis Act Podcast!
Hotei, also known as Laughing Buddha is a Buddhist deity of happiness and luck Today I started a new dosage of anti-depressant medication. It's been hard finding a pill and dosage that are right for me, and it's caused me a lot of stress. So I decided this time to give my new prescription a … Continue reading Sit for a Spell! Charge Your Meds
Today I've asked you, witches, to share some of your favourite, and most used crystals using the #howrealwitchesdo hashtag and I've seen so many great responses already! I'll be posting my own to Instagram later, but I thought this was a great time for a Sketchy Herbs & Magic Rock! We haven't done that in … Continue reading Sketchy Herbs & Magic Rocks: Borage + Galaxyite
🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮/5! "Italian Folk Magic is a fascinating journey through the magical, folkloric, and healing traditions of Italy with an emphasis on the practical. The reader learns uniquely Italian methods of magical protection and divination and spells for love, sex, control, and revenge. The book contains magical and religious rituals and prayers and explores divination techniques, … Continue reading Book Review of Shadows: Italian Folk Magic by Mary-Grace Fahrun
This week the internet BLEW UP when news got out that make-up brand Sephora would be selling "Starter Witch Kits" made by a perfume company called Pinrose. The kit would have included the Tarot deck pictured here, a bundle of white sage, a piece of rose quartz, and a set of sample perfumes from their … Continue reading Shop Like a Witch: Starter Witches
Hello again, witches seekers and friends, and thanks for tuning in to The Fat Feminist Witch Podcast - the show where I do a little ranting, raving, and wand waving. Today I'm talking all about CHAKRAS. Where they come from, what they are, what they do, and why you should care haha. I'll also be … Continue reading Podcast Episode 32: Chakras Plain & Simple
Today's sketchy herb and magic rock are inspire by St. Patrick's Day! I'm thinking of magick, faeries, good luck, and the mystical ancient Celts today, and working some magick with lucky Clover 🍀 and Stonehenge 🧙♂️ stone! #stpatricksday
Those April showers totally came through with the promise of May flowers and my neighbourhood is exploding. In the Witch n' Bitch this month we're talking flower magick, and I started to think about the flowers people give their moms on Mother's Day, and what kind of magickal energy they bring. Of course, giving flowers … Continue reading 9 Magical Flowers to Show Your Mom You Love Her! (and 3 for if you lowkey hate her)
Today's sketchy herb and magic rock are inspire by St. Patrick's Day! I'm thinking of magick, faeries, good luck, and the mystical ancient Celts today, and working some magick with lucky Clover 🍀 and Stonehenge 🧙♂️ stone! #stpatricksday
🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮/5! Modelled after the Old Farmers’ Almanac, it includes information related to the annual moon calendar (weather forecasts and horoscopes), as well as legends, rituals, herbal secrets, mystic incantations, interviews, and many a curious tale of good and evil. Although it is an annual publication, its subject matter is timeless—only about 15 percent of the … Continue reading Book review of Shadows: The Witches’ Almanac Issue 37
🔮🔮🔮🔮/5! The definitive A-Z reference guide to essential aromatherapy oils. Aromatherapy expert Julia Lawless shares her extensive knowledge in this detailed and systematic survey of more than 190 essential aromatherapy oils. From commonly used oils such as lavender and tea tree oils to the more obscure oils including deertounge, oakmoss, cananga, and angelica, The Encyclopedia of … Continue reading Book Review of Shadows: The Encyclopedia of Essential Oils by Julia Lawless
Happy Halloween friends! Are you excited? I am! This is my most favourite holiday of the year! It’s a time of magick and mystery and monsters. It’s a time when anyone can be whomever or whatever they want and embrace that identity for one incredible night. Plus… candy. Last year for Halloween I talked about … Continue reading A Very Fat Feminist Halloween Special! Vol. 2
This Sketchy Herb and Magic are both featured this month in the Witch n' Bitch! I chose them because they have strong connections to the world of the dead, and to transformation. Both Malachite and Mullein are an excellent addition to a Halloween or Samhain altar, are great for dream magick and astral travel, and … Continue reading Sketchy Herbs & Magic Rocks: Mullein & Malachite
Black cats and witches go together like newt’s eyes and cauldrons! The black cat has been following in the footsteps of their witchy master for as long as anyone can remember, and it’s no wonder. Cats are mysterious, agile, cunning, and vicious hunters. Cats get what they want and always land on all fours no … Continue reading Feisty Feline Familiars!
🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮/5! Harold Roth is a leading authority on plant/herbal magic. His new book, The Witching Herbs, is an in-depth exploration of 13 essential plants and herbs most closely associated with witchcraft—13 because it’s the witching number and reflects the 13 months of the lunar calendar. The plants are poppy, clary sage, yarrow, rue, hyssop, vervain, … Continue reading Book Review of Shadows: The Witching Herbs by Harold Roth
Summer is here, y'all, and so is summertime magick! The Summer Solstice is a time of celebration, energy, action, and love. It's a time for bonfires, enjoying the beauty of the summer sun, interacting with nature, finding true love, and leaving your garbage all over Stonehenge. Nearly every culture in the world has celebrated this … Continue reading A Secular Witch’s Guide to the Sabbats: Litha
Thanks for tuning in to The Fat Feminist Witch Podcast! Today I'm talking about how out-dated and racially insensitive some of the common language of witchcraft and paganism can be - especially when witches who are white talk about the magickal traditions of witches who are black. This is a special new kind of episode … Continue reading Episode 22 – #WitchNBitch: How White Witches Talk About Black Magick
Today is 420 - the official weed holiday for people who love weed. Thanks to a group of teens (bless 'em) in San Rafael California who used to meet up after school to get baked, April 20th has become a day for stoners every where to partake in and brag about illicit drug use. No, … Continue reading It’s Kushcraft! Weed in Witchcraft
Today's sketchy herb and magic rock are both inspired by my new journey towards better mental health. That doesn't mean I think they are a cure for any illness, or that I think you can skip seeing your doctor and just use these instead, but there's no harm in finding complimentary magical tools to incorporate … Continue reading Sketchy Herbs & Magic Rocks: Hibiscus and Lepidolite
I don't know about y'all, but I LOVE Valentine's Day. What's not to love about love? Plus, it's probably the best season there is for dollar store shopping. You can get A+ cheesy decor sure to make your partner's heart soar (hopefully not out the door! Boo yah, rhyming!) and tons of chocolate for low … Continue reading Valentine’s Day for Fat Feminist Witches
Amazonite My absolute favourite of the MRx Survival crystals! I wear a necklace with two pieces of Amazonite the whole time the planet is in retrograde. It's popular to make cell phone charms or laptop ornaments with pieces of amazonite as the stone helps to block electromagnetic stress. It's a great stone to keep on … Continue reading Sketchy Herbs & Magic Rocks for Mercury Retrograde
